School of Film/Video

Short films by CalArtians Edgar Jorge Baralt (Film/Video MFA 14) and Minjung Kim (Film/Video MFA 15) have been selected for the 71st Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival will be held in two stages: a virtual industry event running from...

On Sunday, Feb. 28, the metaphysical Disney/Pixar feature 'Soul' picked up two awards at the 2021 Golden Globe Awards: Best Animated Motion Picture and for Best Original Score — Motion Picture.

On Tuesday, Feb. 16, animation students from the School of Film/Video showcased their work in the 2021 CalArts Animation Virtual Portfolio Day, a daylong online event during which they received the opportunity to interact with representatives from various animation studios from the US and...

The 2021 Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema presents a virtual screening of CalArts faculty Francesca Penzani’s (Dance-IM MFA 99) short dance film “Double Up” (2017) as part of its Black History Month programming, running from Friday, Feb. 26 to Sunday, Feb....

Artist and CalArts faculty Cauleen Smith’s film, video, and sculpture exhibition Give It Or Leave It is currently installed at LACMA, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, the museum is closed. One of the only ways the public has been able to experience Smith’s show is through the...

Netflix recently announced an animated musical feature film adaptation of LGBTQ-themed graphic novel series The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Osterag. The film will be helmed by CalArts alum and Oscar-nominated director Minkyu Lee (Film/Video MFA 11, BFA 09), and feature original music by...

This month, the Criterion Channel is featuring a collection of short films by CalArts alum and Ghanaian American filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu (Art, Film/Video MFA 08). A Criterion Channel exclusive interview with the artist was also recently made available as part of the collection.  Among...